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Dev Blog: New system requirements for EVE

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CCP Falcon
#1 - 2013-06-19 15:01:54 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Phantom
Hello Capsuleers!

CCP Zorba, CCP Explorer and CCP Vertex are here to let you guys know that the minimum system requirements for EVE Online are changing for both PC and Mac.

Read all about the new minimum system requirements in their new Dev Blog!

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CCP Explorer
C C P
C C P Alliance
#2 - 2013-06-19 15:05:12 UTC  |  Edited by: CCP Explorer
I would like to emphasize that this change now in minimum and recommended system requirements will not exclude any current hardware compared to the previous system requirements. In particular we are not making any changes on 10 July to the EVE Client that will prevent you from using your current computers.

With the new system requirements we are creating a baseline for the future. You can still try and run the game with unsupported hardware, we just can't guarantee a good experience. Using supported hardware we will be able to detail what you should be able to expect.

Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson | Senior Development Director | EVE Online // CCP Games | @CCP_Explorer
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Coreli Corporation
Pandemic Legion
#3 - 2013-06-19 15:06:52 UTC
Yay for moving with the times!
Rees Noturana
Red Rock Mining Company
#4 - 2013-06-19 15:09:34 UTC
I don't study video cards, especially since I'm currently still using a Mac Pro for my EVE machine and have very limited options for changing it. I wish there was some sort of way of specifying cards other than by product names.

I are confused.

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Winterbliss
ANZAC ALLIANCE
Goonswarm Federation
#5 - 2013-06-19 15:10:08 UTC
Incoming high resolution textures!
Madlof Chev
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#6 - 2013-06-19 15:12:21 UTC
Incoming "grrrr eve client won't run on my wristwatch/toaster/atari 2600"
Fonac
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#7 - 2013-06-19 15:13:48 UTC
Yay for improvements.
Alphax45
Garoun Investment Bank
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2013-06-19 15:13:48 UTC
Thank you!!!!!
Sarmatiko
#9 - 2013-06-19 15:14:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Sarmatiko
We need more radical changes.
Lose Windows XP support, for great justice! Roll
Vincent Athena
Photosynth
#10 - 2013-06-19 15:15:58 UTC
Rees Noturana wrote:
I don't study video cards, especially since I'm currently still using a Mac Pro for my EVE machine and have very limited options for changing it. I wish there was some sort of way of specifying cards other than by product names.

I are confused.

Apple menu
About this Mac
More info

That gives the product names. But it does not say anything about shader models and such. CCP, how can we determine all that on our machines?

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Warde Guildencrantz
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#11 - 2013-06-19 15:16:51 UTC
tomorrow dev blog on downloading hi res textures? CCP pls

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Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#12 - 2013-06-19 15:18:43 UTC
Tesselation now? <3
enterprisePSI
#13 - 2013-06-19 15:18:53 UTC  |  Edited by: enterprisePSI
OMG You no longer support my 15 year old PC, i hate you ccp, im quitting eve, send me isk, and i will double it.

edit, if high rez texture and tessellation strikes at the same time, im quitting my job. Lol

Another edit, my 5850 is under the recommend specs, yet i can run 2 clients on 2 monitors, @ 1920*1080 everything high. Unless this is about to change.

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Kane Plekkel
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#14 - 2013-06-19 15:19:19 UTC
I've been running EVE on Windows 8 since about February, with no issues, so what do you mean by official support? Do you plan on having a Metro tile or something?

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Anslo
Scope Works
#15 - 2013-06-19 15:19:54 UTC
Ooohooooo boy, inb4 the rage quit.

On a serious note, I like what I see. Finally have a good reason to upgrade my graphics card and a few others thingamajigs.

+1

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Rees Noturana
Red Rock Mining Company
#16 - 2013-06-19 15:20:35 UTC
Vincent Athena wrote:
Rees Noturana wrote:
I don't study video cards, especially since I'm currently still using a Mac Pro for my EVE machine and have very limited options for changing it. I wish there was some sort of way of specifying cards other than by product names.

I are confused.

Apple menu
About this Mac
More info

That gives the product names. But it does not say anything about shader models and such. CCP, how can we determine all that on our machines?


NVIDIA GeForce GT 120

The card is fine except for the Wine wrapper around EVE. Unfortunately, my computer budget went into my son's new gaming rig. EVE sure does run sweet on that thing...

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D'Anconia Commerce
#17 - 2013-06-19 15:21:55 UTC
I see dual/quad core processors are now recommended/required. Does that mean we can expect EVE to take advantage of hyperthreading?
Burseg Sardaukar
Free State Project
#18 - 2013-06-19 15:22:17 UTC
Supporting Windows 8? Microsoft doesn't even use Windows 8.

All good stuff, though, guys. Let's get those hi-res texture packs, pl0x!

Can't wait to dual box my Dust toon and EVE toon on the same machine!
Magic Crisp
Amarrian Micro Devices
#19 - 2013-06-19 15:27:40 UTC
Would be nice to have some test stuff to run, whether my box will be supported. I'm often using my laptop to run the client, and i've got quite limited options to upgrade the vidcard in this case. So it'd be nice to know when will this lappy become obsolate for eve. Like there was also such a tool for that shader3 upgrade.
Jamaica Merchant
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#20 - 2013-06-19 15:29:34 UTC
Are the new recommended system requirements established, while having in mind running multiple (3-5) clients simultaneously on full quality settings in 1080p or higher resolution, do you aim to guarantee perfect user experience in such a situation?
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